Eisner Award!

As Frank mentioned in an earlier post, it was a wonderful surprise to win an Eisner Award in the category of "Best Reality-Based Work" (in a tie with Joseph Lambert's "Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller").   

Here's a photo of Frank and I with our trophies:

(The globes actually spin!)

We were so thrilled to receive this honor!  There was an amazing group of graphic novels in the reality-based category, and all deserve mention here:
"A Chinese Life,"
by Li Kunwu and P. Ôtié (Self Made Hero),
"The Infinite Wait and Other Stories,"
by Julia Wertz (Koyama Press),
"Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo & Me,"
by Ellen Forney (Gotham Books),
"You’ll Never Know, Book 3: A Soldier’s Heart,"
by C. Tyler (Fantagraphics).

Toonie Award!

 

It was such a busy summer, I've been extremely slow to post the news that Frank and I won the Golden Toonie Award for "Carter Family: Don't Forget This Song", awarded by Cartoonists Northwest. 

Here's Frank and I with Cartoonists Northwest President, Georgia Ball.  We were honored and touched to have our book celebrated by our colleagues out here in the Pacific Northwest!

Golden Toonie Nomination

Frank and I are honored by the nomination of "Carter Family" for a Golden Toonie at Cartoonists Northwest's Toonie Awards.  It shares the nomination with graphic novels by Donna Barr, Ellen Forney, and Mark Rahner.  We'll be attending the ceremony on Saturday in Seattle.
http://www.cartoonistsnorthwest.com/toonies/